by Legendary Elite » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:21 am
Kepe and his troops had already arrived on the ground and were currently going through an entrance into the temple. Kepe moved ahead with the two Majors behind him with the Minors following. "Keep your weapons out, the Sentinals may think we are intruders and they may fight. If so then beware their beam weapons..." Said Kepe as he walked along. 5 of the Minors kept out Plasma Rifles and two more had Covenant Carbines. The Majors were armed with Needlers and both had Energy Swords at the belt if needed. Kepe didn't know what to expect here...
Quickly as the passed down the massive halls where massive holograms of forerunner symbols and glyphs were suspended in midair and some even lighting the halls, they saw small machines flying about. These were forerunner but harmless and were mainly for monitoring information and were extremely small with small beams in order to unlock doors and close them. Kepe knew they were being ignored at least and so the little machines flew on past, blissfully unaware of their presence. Kepe feared if they blasted the small machines, it could activate a trap...
The troops arrived at a set of doors which lead opened as they walked toward them. This lead them into a large room filled with holograms. Kepe stopped running and began to look around the room with a sense of wonder. He had never seen anything like it. On Sangheilios there was forerunner artifacts but none like these. Even the troops wondered what all these glyphs and artifacts were. Kepe looked over at what he thought was a massive holo-panel which he knew would activate something. He was well aware of the consequences that might follow because of his actions but still, the Admiral had tasked him on this mission and all aristocrats had to make sacrifices or risks, no matter the cost. Quickly Kepe tapped a few of the buttons on the controls and then he saw the holo panel began entering in information before he heard something make a loud clang. Quickly weapons raised above them and then there was nothing. Kepe then saw other panels rise up from the ground to form a circuliar formation, all of which appeared to be active. "Well, it appears you have done something General. I think these holo panels should activate the secrets we are looking for in this facility." One of the Majors implied. Kepe nodded and then turned to the Major.
"Do it." He ordered. The Major nodded and turned to the Minors.
"Activate the panels."
Immediately the Minors walked over to each panel and all of them activated them at the exact same time. Immediately this followed by a set of loud clanging noises and the sound of something moving before something rose from the floor. It was a larger panel, much larger than the others. Kepe then walked up to it studying it for a moment and then pressing buttons on it which the panel then accepted before activating. A loud booming noise was heard as something massive moved and then there was silence and then a loud shrieking noise came. This wasn't the sound of a machine, this was something different, as if it were real. Then another roar, different to the other was heard but it was more distant. Kepe then turned to his troops.
"Sir, what monstrosities could be the source of those cries?" Asked the Major. Kepe however was unmoved by this, he knew what one of the screams was and he knew it was the one thing he hoped to never encounter.
"I know what one of those things are...the parasite..." Said Kepe with dread in his voice. Within a moment there was the of more shrieks and then over at the other end of the room came a loud banging sound from a large set of doors.
"Stay strong warriors! Try to defend yourselves as best you can, if you loose your shield don't let them get to you. Be sure to watch each other's backs! Fall back my warriors, fall back!" He warned. He knew the Flood would break through any minute now and quickly he and the Elites began to run back to the main doors they had come through. Immediately there was a crash as the doors burst open. Flood Infection Forms spewing everywhere. These little creatures looked like jellyfish or very squidlike with small tenticles with small feelers at the fronts. The Infection Forms latch onto their host and then implant themselves before turning them into a form and use that form to assist in consuming more hosts and from there they evolved into more forms. Kepe and the Elites immediately opened fire with their weapons as they fell back to the main doors...